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"What?" I demanded. "That is out of the question!"

The Olympians have gathered for an emergency meeting, courtesy of Dionysus, again. It's a little better to see him being more responsible nowadays. Perhaps that time with Chiron did do well for him after all.

"It is against the Ancient Laws that we help our children on quests." Athena agreed. Her face was ashen at the thought of leaving her daughter alone on such a dangerous quest.

"And Perseus is with them, along with the Egyptians and that son of Hades." Poseidon added. From the way he said that, it seemed as if he was telling us that his son about to be the star of this entire quest, again.

"Please, my lords, we must at least do something. Aldrea is my favorite daughter." Eos pleaded.

"She's your only daughter." Eros commented. Eos glared at him. He ignored her.

Eos, Eros, and Khione had come asking, well begging, us to help their children. They informed us of their encounter with Egyptian Chaos deity, Apophis, and recounted a play-by-play account of Hades' son's fight. Hades himself paled when they said that he was beaten in less than ten seconds.

"Ha. I didn't know that son of yours was a wimp, Hades." Ares snickered.

"He is most certainly not a wimp! Though he may be idiotic, rash, and an upstart, but he is not a wimp!" Hades argued.

"What if we ask the Egyptians for help?" Artemis suggested. "They are not bound by the same laws that we are."

"That is actually a very nice suggestion, little sis." Apollo said.

Artemis smiled at him, but then glared at him with pure hatred when he uttered the words little sis.

"Thank you Apollo, but I am not your little sister!" she protested.

I groaned. They had been fighting over this since what…the beginning of time?

"Enough!" I demanded. "Hera, summon Horus." I ordered.

"Why not summon Ra? I missed that old bird." Apollo said.

I ignored his comment. Hera chanted in Ancient Greek, and the form of Horus suddenly appeared.

"Hey! I was having a party!" he protested. "Bast and I were just about to have-"

I cut him off. "Please do not continue that lest you want us permanently scarred."

A few of the other gods nodded their heads in agreement.

"Anyway, we need a *cough* favor *cough*, from your pantheon." I said.

He smirked. "What?"

"It seems that our children were stated in prophecy, and it was no normal prophecy either. It was the first prophecy that was made for both the Greeks and Egyptians." Athena explained.

"And-"

"We uh, want you to help our children, since you are not restricted by our laws." I said. I was dying inside. It was embarrassing enough to swallow my pride and ask for a truce the first time, just for the sake of peace for once in our immortal lives, but to ask him for an actual favor… it's just too much.

"I'm way ahead of you. I already sent Set, much to his displeasure, to warn them of the demons." He said. Maybe I should've sent Hathor instead, but Set didn't kill them, so it's all good." He added as an afterthought. "Anyway, we'll help them as much as we could, but in the end, it will be them against Apophis."

"Erm, well, thank you then, war god." I nodded courteously.

All the other gods gasped in shock. "He…he just…" Hermes stuttered.

I looked at them all in disbelief. "What? I could say the words "thank you" too, you know."

Poseidon was the first to recover. "Oh yes, that you can brother. Only you're just too proud to even mutter it." He pointed out.

"Amen." Hades said.

"Well then I should probably get going. Wouldn't want Bast to wait for me." He winked at Athena, she shuddered in disgust. "Oh, and congratulations Hades. They make a very nice couple actually. And say thanks to your son for me. It was amusing to watch Anubis' reaction after he learned of Sadie's…relationship. Seeing him destroy the scales of Justice? One word: EPIC. Now, goodbye." He said, and then disappeared in a golden light.

"What did he mean, brother?" Poseidon inquired.

I saw Hades' cheeks turn red. Was the god of death blushing?

"Is it hot in here?" I asked.

"What?" Athena asked me.

I groaned. For a goddess of wisdom, she sure is clueless sometimes. "Hades is blushing." I explained.

"What? Hades is - oh."

"Hades is blushing! Hades is blushing!" Apollo said in a singsong voice.

"The god of death does not blush!" Hades shouted. "Especially not because he is a bit jealous of his son's relationship!"

I stared at him, shocked. So did the others. "We did not say that."

"I knew that." He said sheepishly. "I was merely-"

"Wait," Athena interrupted. "Your son is in a relationship? With whom?"

I sat up straighter. I gazed at the other gods, and saw them giving Hades their full, undivided attention.

"You know Sadie Kane? Host of Isis? That one." He simply said.

Apollo whistled. "That girl is h-o-t."

Hades glared at him like he wanted to rip his lips out. "Watch the comments, Apollo. That is my son's girlfriend. Also, need I remind you of the accident thirty years back?"

He grimaced at the mention of the accident. Long story short: Apollo hit on some girl, who already had a boyfriend, and a son of Ares, nonetheless. It ended with a very bloody fight involving fart arrows, exploding spears, and a frying pan. Don't ask.

"Back to the topic at hand, please." Athena said. She turned to Hades. "Uncle, you know what happens when two pantheons' magic mix. The bubonic plague alone should have given you an idea."

"As much as I hate to say it, but Athena is uh, correct." Poseidon added. "The eye of Sekhmet, falling for a daughter of Eris…" he mused, then shook his head.

We all flinched at the memory. What started as a lover's quarrel had ended up in a massacre worse than the London Fire.

"I assure all of you that if anything if my son and the Egyptian start something like that, I will kill them personally." He grimaced when he said that. "Well, maybe just the girl." He added. He cloaked himself in shadows, and shadow-travelled back to the underworld.

I sighed. "Meeting adjourned."

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I was distraught. That was Apophis' plan? He's a sick bastard! But I will not give Sadie up.

I needed to get away. I needed some time to clear my head. As soon as Apophis left, I shadow-travelled to the underworld, not thinking very clearly of where I'm going exactly. As soon as the shadows formed me, I passed out.

My dream was blurry. Demigod dreams always tend to be either a vision from the past, or a prediction of the future. But I had a funny feeling that this was the latter.

The vision cleared. Sadie was dangling by her arms, a chain attached from them to the ceiling. Her face was tear-streaked and bruised, and her clothes were a little torn. I can see red patches patterned like leopard skin all over her body. I narrowed my eyes and tried to look closer, and my eyes widened when I realized what they were.

Blood.

I opened my eyes in fear, only to see the last person that I wanted to see.

Bianca.

That's when I realized, I ended up in Elysium.

"Hey, Nico." she greeted too happily. I guess she can be a little lonely here in the underworld, and just seeing me face-to-face was like the best present she ever received.

"Hey." I groaned, rubbing the sore patch on the back of my head. IT hurt more than when Persephone turns me into a flower, and that's saying something.

I stood up, but a searing pain scorched my back. I slumped back down, and I realized that I was on a bed, and more importantly inside a house.

"Where-"
"My house." Bianca said. She then explained how she saw me passed out, beaten up, and bleeding to death outside the gates of Elysium. She then told me how the doctors patched me up(who knew?).

I touched the gash on my back, only to find it completely gone, at least, to my touch. Man, if I ever get injured, I seriously had to remind myself to shadow travel to Elysium ASAP.

"So, why are you here? I sincerely doubt that this a social visit." she led me to the living room, which was really nice. LED flat screen tv, soft couches, the works. Children of Hades really do have it easy. She gestured me to sit on the couch, and she sat beside me.

"I uh, I really didn't know why I even came here…" I muttered in embarrassment. I really didn't want to spoil my sister's mood by telling her that my showing up here was an accident.

She rolled her eyes. "Nico, Just don't. I practically know you inside and out. Just tell what happened."

I didn't know what happened, or why I even did it, but I bawled out all of my feelings on her. I told her everything, from Sadie to cade to Apophis. I told her of his plans, and I even told her of my embarrassing fight.

The moment I finished, she did the first thing I expected her to do. She hugged me tightly. Being a child of Hades, I can touch ghosts as if they were living, and vice versa. I silently thanked my father for that. It would've been really embarrassing for Bianca to embrace and just pass right through me.

Bianca always said that hugs are the number one cure. I didn't know where in Hades she got that from, but as for the moment, it was really working. Tears were leaking out of my eyes. I cried on her shoulder. Gods, this is so embarrassing, but I needed a shoulder to cry on, literally.

Just as quickly as the hug came, she pushed me away. Her face had that stern look on it, which was usually reserved for when I do or say something stupid.

"Nico, if Sadie really is in trouble, what are you doing here crying? Save her for crying out loud!" she said.

"Yeah, but what if I'm too late? What if-"

She covered my hand with her own. "Nico, for once in your life, take this advice seriously: shut up."

I nodded. She removed her hand.

She sighed. "I know that I'm really not in the position to give you this advice, being dead and all, but Nico, go to her before you do something you'll regret."

"Like how you abandoned me? Do you regret that, huh?" I snapped.

"Nico, I don't- I really am-" she stammered.

I scoffed. "You're right. You really don't know what you're saying because you joined those freaking hunters and abandoned me in that godsforsaken world! And to top it all off, you had the guts to die!"

"Don't you dare make this about me!" she snapped back. "This is about Sadie, and if you care about her as much as you cared about me, you would shut your mouth, go back to the mortal world, and actually try to save her! And for the record, I never wanted to abandon you, just the responsibility to take care of you!"

I was fuming mad. "Sorry to disappoint you, but caring for me comes with the entire package! When will you get it through your thick skull that I never wanted a parent? I wanted a sister! But you never gave me that. And for the record, I care about her twice as much as I ever cared about you my entire life!"

She turned her head away at the comment. I realized what I just said. It was probably really painful for her…what am I saying? It is painful for her. I started to apologize. "Bianca, I-"

"Go. just go." She sniffled, pursed her lips, and wiped away her tears with her hand. I sighed, and shadow traveled back to Carter and the others.

AS I was leaving, I can't help but wonder, why is my life so screwed up?

Thanks for reading. I hope you like it. Enough said.